Module 2 Word Play vocabulary - Lessons 1-4

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Tollbooth

Back

A small building in which payments are collected for passage on or access to a roadway.

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Phantom

Back

Seemingly real but actually not real.

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Peculiar

Back

Abnormal or different from the usual expectation.

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Pun

Back

A humorous play on words based on two words or phrases that are close in sound but different in meaning.

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Wordplay

Back

Playful or clever use of words to create humor.

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Homographs

Back

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

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Vocabulary

Back

The set of words known and used by a person.

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Figurative Language

Back

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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Metaphor

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.